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Saint Anselm Community Battles Batten Disease in Decathlon

For a large number of Saint Anselm students, this past Sunday consisted of jumping rope, bowling, and three-legged races. Amidst all the excitement, there was one common cause drawing nearly 250 people, mostly comprised of Saint Anselm students, to the Carr Center for the day: a promise to a boy named Nicholas. Through the Meelia Center [...]

Saint Anselm Mourns Fallen Hero, Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen ’02

We invite you to honor Marine Capt. Kyle Van De Giesen ‘02 with your remembrances and comments, which you can provide by using this blog’s commenting feature below. Read message from Fr. Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B., president of Saint Anselm College.

Alumni Perform “Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allen Poe” at the Dana Center

Theatre KAPOW, founded by a group of Saint Anselm alumni, will perform Alone: Selected Works of Edgar Allen Poe on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dana Center. The event is free and open to the general public. Alone, an adaptation on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, was written and revised by founding [...]

Caitlin McGee’10 Travels to Italy with Research Grant

Caitlin McGee’10, classics major from Nashua, N.H., traveled to Orvieto, Italy this past summer for her third consecutive archaeological dig. However, this summer was unique for McGee. With a $3,500 stipend she won through Saint Anselm’s Undergraduate Research Scholar Program (URSP), McGee was able to conduct archaeological research at the college’s Coriglia excavation site, about [...]

Students Celebrate Citizenship Week

This week, Saint Anselm students celebrated the 222nd anniversary of the ratification of the United States Constitution with “Citizenship Week,” led by the New Hampshire Institute of Poltics’ (NHIOP) student ambassadors. Citizenship Week centers around September 17, the newest federal observance established by Congress and now known as Citizenship or Constitution Day. The Ambassadors, with the help [...]

Road for Hope Walkers Return to Campus

Don’t criticize someone, the adage goes, until you walk a mile in his shoes. But it takes a much longer walk — the full 130 miles — to understand the Road for Hope. Eight days after departing Lewiston, Maine, on foot, almost 40 Saint Anselm students walked onto campus Saturday to cheers from family and [...]

Saint Anselm Freshmen Participate in Day of Service

Saint Anselm freshman continued their transition to becoming true Anselmians as they participated in the Brian McGuire Day of Service on Saturday, August 29. As part of the morning session of orientation 2009, freshmen completed community service at over 20 different sites in the greater Manchester area. The day of service is a one of the [...]

Saint Anselm Athletes Return for Preseason 2009

Summer vacation has come to a close for many Saint Anselm college athletes. All of our fall teams have moved into their dorms and apartments, as preseason 2009 has begun. Starting in the beginning of August, each one of the fall teams moved in for their preseason activities. The first team, Cross Country, began their training [...]

In Context: Jennifer Donahue Recounts Sen. Kennedy’s Enduring Ties to NH

With the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy, Jennifer Donahue, political director of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, reflects on Kennedy’s special connection to the state and to the New Hampshire Primary. Kennedy was an active participant in the New Hampshire Primary, both as a candidate and as a campaigner for others. He understood the value [...]

Orientation Leaders Take Training to New Heights

When new students move to campus on Thursday, the first upperclassmen they will meet are orientation leaders. OLs, as they are called, will unpack the cars driven by anxious parents, answer the questions of nervous students, and tirelessly offer directions. To prepare for the incoming students, the orientation leaders spent Tuesday afternoon at a local [...]

Ten Years Later, Annual Road for Hope Looks to Top $200,000

Thirty seven Saint Anselm College students are taking the scenic route back to campus this fall — and with very good reason. Starting in Lewiston, Maine, on Saturday morning, August 22, and finishing outside Saint Anselm’s stone face a week later, they are walking the 10th annual, 130-mile Road for Hope. Pledges for this year’s walk [...]

Jeanne Cavelos Discusses her Fantasy Writing Workshop

Jeanne Cavelos, editor, author, former astrophysicist and part-time English professor, led her 14th Odyssey Fantasy workshop this summer at Saint Anselm College. The workshop brought together 16 writers hoping to improve their skills and dazzle the publishing world with their stories of zombies, vampires, and living on the moon. These students of science fiction, fantasy, and [...]

Science Fiction Writers from Around the World Converge on Campus

Sixteen aspiring writers converged on Saint Anselm College this summer, bringing with them their stories of zombies and vampires, the far future and living on the moon. These students flew in from as far as Australia and Singapore, leaving behind their families and quitting their jobs, to spend six weeks honing their writing skills with [...]

In Context: Prof. Jonathan Acuff on the Comparison of the War in Afghanistan with Vietnam

Many analysts have worried that Iraq would become a quagmire for the United States similar to the Vietnam War. Jonathan Acuff, assistant professor of politics, however, thinks Afghanistan, where the U.S. is committing more troops, is the better analogy with Vietnam. In this In Context interview, Professor Acuff explains why Afghan history, geography and population [...]

Volunteers Offer Summer to Banish Bed Bugs

Fifteen low-income and refugee families living in Manchester’s Langdon Mill apartments have been tossing and turning at night, losing sleep for two years because of a bed bug infestation. But they may soon rest easy, as volunteers from Saint Anselm College and other local organizations do not sleep well at night, even on summer vacation, knowing [...]

Social Networking Media and the Revolution that Wasn’t

An Assessment of Popular Interpretations of the Iranian Election Protests The theft of the Iranian presidential election by President Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamenei and the demonstrations that followed captivated the world. Yet many U.S. media commentators and members of the think tank community fundamentally misinterpreted the events in the Islamic republic. While the scale and duration [...]

In Context: Dr. Daly Discusses End of Life Medical Decisions

Video Transcript Welcome to a new feature on the Saint Anselm blog. From time to time, we will ask faculty members and others to shed light on issues in the news, and post their answers either as text or short videos. Health care reform is making headlines these days, so we have started with a professor [...]

Chasing the Mourning Warbler; Dr. J Explains Four Song Regions

This is our second of two podcasts with professor Jay Pitocchelli; in our first podcast, he discusses his research and life in the field tracking the Mourning Warbler. On the Saint Anselm College campus, Jay Pitocchelli is known for his biology and ornithology classes. But off campus — and among readers of his blog, www.anselm.edu/mourningwarblerblog [...]

Chasing the Mourning Warbler; Dr. J on Doing Research in the Field

This is our first of two podcasts with professor Jay Pitocchelli; in our second podcast, he discusses the four song and geographic regions of the Mourning Warbler. When nature shows the first signs of impending summer, migratory birds that have wintered in southern habitats begin growing fidgety and restless for the biannual journey northward. In [...]

Saint Anselm Students Dig for History in Italy

About 75 miles northwest of Rome, a group of 20 Saint Anselm College students and faculty are braving heat and snakes to excavate what they believe is an Etruscan religious sanctuary. The five-week annual excavation, led by professor David George, Ph.D., began in 2006 with seven Saint Anselm College students. Their original [...]

Conference Offers Practical Experience and Skills to Young Women Leaders

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen told a group of 22 young women this week that she was born for politics, as she offered the keynote address for a five-day institute aimed at preparing college-age women for leadership. “Some people get the political gene,” she said. “I got the political gene.” Gender is inherent in any candidate’s presentation, Shaheen [...]

Reunion Weekend 2009 Draws Alumni From Over 50 Saint Anselm Classes

Weeks after graduating the class of 2009 into its alumni body, Saint Anselm College welcomed back over 700 alumni from over 50 classes for Reunion Weekend — from as far as south as Florida, north as Ontario, West as Washington state, and near as Goffstown, N.H. In recognition of their 50th reunion, the class of [...]

Students Deliver Food, Clothing, and Furniture to Manchester Residents

If attention spans and academic motivation wavered as summer vacation loomed near, the Benedictine spirit was one aspect of Saint Anselm College that remained strong when 20 students delivered food, clothing, and furniture to charities and needy families in Manchester, N.H. through the Food, Clothing and Furniture (FCF) Drive. After Stefanie Iannalfo ‘10 headed a successful [...]

Student Commencement Speaker Reflects on Being a Muslim at a Catholic College

When Waqarun Rashid ‘09 came to Saint Anselm College, she found she had something in common with the Benedictine monks on campus. Both express their faith in what they wear. The monks dress in traditional black monastic habits. Rashid, a practicing Muslim, wears a headscarf and modest clothing. “We represent our faith physically, but the true representation happens [...]

Game Time: SIFE Present at Nationals

Hundreds of miles from campus, Saint Anselm College’s SIFE team prepares to introduce Philadelphia to a taste of Benedictine hospitality.